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Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry, a multiple Olympic swimming champion and her country's sports minister, was elected as the first female and African president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Coventry's election ensures continuity post Thomas Bach's departure, as she is expected to continue Bach's policies of growing the IOC's finances and reach, overhauling the Games' structure, and expanding commercial opportunities for sponsors.

Courtesy: theprint.in

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